03 March 2013

MARCH 2013 READINGS + EVENTS LIST

Part I) Paris Events and READINGS by date in March

Part II) Workshops in Paris this month

Part III) News Reviews and Reviews News: publications, calls for work, new books and more!--LOTS
of calls this MARCH for you to submit your poetry, fiction, nonfiction
books and extracts to magazines--so use YOUR holiday time to send out
your work!

*Note: event details are regularly updated, so check back!

(IF YOU HAVE EVENTS, CALLS FOR WORK, etc
for APRIL 2013 please send those announcements as early
as possible, and in the format of the listings below, to Jane Cope at
parisrentree2010 AT gmail.com)

4 March 20h onward: SpokenWord Paris: Open mic in English, open to all
languages. James
Jewell is Spoken Word's Featured Reader tonight to launch his book juﬆ
published by Corrupt Press and on sale for 4 euros. Hopefully we’ll also
have ﬆand up from Paul Salamone. Oh and the theme is PERSUASION. Bio:
James Jewell is a singer songwriter, poet and writer, originally from
Pennsylvania, who has spent much of the laﬆ two years living in Paris.
There, he was inspired by writers and poets, from SpokenWord
Paris, Shakespeare and Co., and Poets Live, to build a body of poetry
and short ﬁction. His ﬁrﬆ publication is “Ships Made of Fake Fur” from
Luxembourg publisher Corrupt Press. SPOKEN WORD PARIS history--Running
since 2006 it now gets 60 to 80 people coming every
week! Every Monday. Sign up/hang out in the bar
from 8pm, poetry underground from 9pm to midnight. Spoken word : 5 mins
(warning bell rung at 4.45: Ask not for whom the bell tolls, it tolls
for thee.) Songs : one song. We do 3 rounds between 9pm and midnight.
Stand up, Theatre, Cabaret, Dance and Magic all welcome. Chacun a son
mot à dire. Make the words come alive.To see Alberto’s report from laﬆ week’s SpokenWord (Hometown) is up on the blog:http://spokenwordparis.org/2013/02/28/report-from-february-25-hometown/ AT: Chat Noir, 76 rue Jean-Pierre
Timbaud, 75011. Métro Parmentier/Couronnes.spokenwordparis.org

6 March 16h We are thrilled to present musicians Cole Stacey and Joseph O’Keefe,
who will be playing an intimate acoustic set in the library. After major UK tours, national radio airplay, festivals and shows
with the likes of Midge Ure, Cara Dillon and Martin Simpson, acclaimed
acoustic musicians Cole Stacey & Joseph O’Keefe released their debut
joint album in November.
‘On Hire’ draws from their Devonshire acoustic routes, blended with
Parisian café violins, and vortexes around a supple joining of acoustic
guitars, voice and an array of weird and wonderful instruments. AT: Shakespeare & Co., 37rue de la Bûcherie, Paris 5ème. M° St Michel

7 March, 19h Neil Gordon: The Company You Keep::
By invitation of the Center for Writers & Translators and the
Department of Comparative Literature & English, Neil Gordon will
read from and discuss his novel just published in French, The Company
You Keep (Le Dernier d’entre nous). This novel, Neil Gordon’s third, has
been made into a motion picture starring and directed by Robert
Redford; the film will open in French cinemas later in March. AT:
American University of Paris, Grand Salon, 31 av. Bosquet 75007

7 March 19h30-00h00
Paris Lit Up Open Mic night every Thursday (in
Englishor other languages too – when in
Rome, speak French) Sign up is continuous all night, but first come first
served from 19h30. The fun starts at 20h. Rotating hosts Jason Mc Gimsey,
Kate Noakes, Emily Ruck-Keene. AT: the historic home of French Slam poetry, Culture Rapide, at 103 Rue Julien
Lacroix, 75020. For more or to see whether there are featured themes and
readers:http://parislitup.com/open-mic-poetry/

10th
March at 7.30 pm MOVING PARTS presents a reading of a screenplay byThomas
Gatus “The Timely Death of Rudolph Bloc” A 16th century Old World vampire,
trapped 400 years in glacial ice, awakens in the modern New World where kith
and kin have implemented a semi-legal way to feed their needs. Rudolph,
however, haunted by a lost past and frightened by technology, must confront a
basic existential problem. With SACHA PETRONIJEVIC, FREYA MOLLER-SORENSEN,
DAVID HOVIS, MICHAEL MARICONDI, ARMEN GEORGIAN, MORGAN LAMORTE, and
STEPHANIE CAMPION AT: Carr's Pub &
Restaurant, 1 rue du Mont
Thabor, 75001 Paris, Metro :
Tuileries,
More info at: www.movingparts.org.uk

11 March 19h As the Oulipo celebrates its 60th anniversary, the avant-garde French
literary group seems to be more on the cultural radar than ever before.
The last few years have seen a panoply of English translations of
Oulipian work, as well as two important critical works centering on the
movement: Daniel Levin Becker's 'Many Subtle Channels' and Lauren
Elkin/Scott Esposito's 'The End of Oulipo?: An Attempt to Exhaust a
Movement'. Lauren
Elkin, novelist and literary critic, is the co-author of 'The End of
Oulipo?'. Joanna Walsh is a writer and artist and member of the
Oulipo-related organisation, The London Institute of 'Pataphysics. In
The End of Oulipo? Lauren and her co-author, literary critic Scott
Esposito, consider the Oulipo’s strengths, weaknesses, and impact on today’s experimental
literature. Lauren will read from the book, while Joanna will present a
short and playful response to Oulipians, George Perec and Anne
Garreta's, treatments of the problems of bookshelves and bookselves.
They'll then have a short conversation/open Q&A touching on
questions including: Why is the Oulipo so linked to performance? How do
you solve a novel? Where might the novel be going, Oulipian or not? AT: Shakespeare & Co., 37rue de la Bûcherie, Paris 5ème. M° St Michel

11 March 20h onward: SpokenWord Paris: Open mic in English, open to all
languages. Running since 2006 it now gets 60 to 80 people coming every
week! Every Monday. Sign up/hang out in the bar
from 8pm, poetry underground from 9pm to midnight. Spoken word : 5 mins
(warning bell rung at 4.45: Ask not for whom the bell tolls, it tolls
for thee.) Songs : one song. We do 3 rounds between 9pm and midnight.
Stand up, Theatre, Cabaret, Dance and Magic all welcome. Chacun a son
mot à dire. Make the words come alive. AT: Chat Noir, 76 rue Jean-Pierre
Timbaud, 75011. Métro Parmentier/Couronnes.spokenwordparis.org

13 March 19h30 Evenings with an Author: William Powers, Hamlet's Blackberry. Our computers and mobile devices do wonderful things for us. But
they also impose a burden, making it harder for us to focus, do our best
work, build strong relationships, and find the depth and fulfillment we
crave. How to solve this problem? Hamlet’s BlackBerry
argues that we just need a new way of thinking, an everyday philosophy
for life with screens. William Powers sets out to solve what he calls
the conundrum of connectedness. Reaching into the past—using his own
life as laboratory and object lesson—he draws on some of history’s most
brilliant thinkers, from Plato to Shakespeare to Thoreau, to demonstrate
that digital connectedness serves us best when it’s balanced by its
opposite, disconnectedness. Lively, original, and entertaining, Hamlet’s BlackBerry will challenge you to rethink your digital life. AT: American Library in Paris,10 rue du
Général Camou, 75007 Paris, Metro Alma-Marceau or Ecole Militaire

14 March 19h30-00h00
Paris Lit Up Open Mic night in
Englishor other languages too – when in
Rome, speak French. Sign up is continuous all night, but first come first
served from 19h30. The fun starts at 20h. Rotating hosts Jason Mc Gimsey,
Kate Noakes, Emily Ruck-Keene. AT: the historic home of French Slam poetry, Culture Rapide, at 103 Rue Julien
Lacroix, 75020. For more or to see whether there are featured themes and
readers:http://parislitup.com/open-mic-poetry/

18 March 7pm. THE BIG PARIS LAUNCH
for Lisa Pasold and Jennifer K Dick of
their most recent poetry books! Please join us for a reading and chat with the
authors as well as a visit with local Montmartre artist Nassim Al-Amin in the lovely home-gallery space
"Chez Grace" BIOS: Lisa Pasold is a Canadian writer and journalist
who divides her time between Paris and Toronto with increasing pit stops in New
Orleans. Her most recent book is ANY BRIGHT HORSE. Her first book of poetry WEAVE, was hailed as a
masterpiece by Geist. Her second book of poetry, A BAD YEAR FOR JOURNALISTS, was
nominated for an Alberta Book Award. The Globe and Mail called this new
poetry collection "critical, darkly funny and painstakingly lyrical."
Her debut novel, RATS OF LAS VEGAS, was described as
"enticing as the lit-up Las Vegas strip and as satisfying as a winning
hand at poker" by The Winnipeg Free Press. As a journalist, Lisa
has published articles in newspapers and magazines such as The Globe and
Mail, The Chicago Tribune, The National Post, Billboard
Magazine and The San Francisco Chronicle. She has also written
for guidebooks such as Fodor's, Time Out, and Michelin. For more on
Lisa Pasold see http://lisapasold.com/about/Jennifer K Dick is a published author
of poetry and prose and a translator of French poets. Her books include
"Fluorescence" (University of Georgia Press, 2004),
"Circuits" (Corrupt Press, 2013) and the eBook "Enclosures"
(BlazeVox eBooks, 2007) as well as 3 chapbooks (Betwixt from Corrupt Press,
2012, Tracery from Dusie Press, 2012 and Retina/Rétine from Esteppa editions,
2005) and inclusion in 6 anthologies--most recently 12x12: Conversations in
Contemporary Poetry and Poetics (Univ of IA Press). She is also the co-editor
with Stephanie Schwerter of "Transmissibility and Cultural Transfer:
Dimensions of Translation in the Humanities" (Ibidem Verlag, Stuttgart,
2012) and a poetry editor for the Amsterdam-based lit mag VERSAL. For more, see
Jennifer's blog http://jenniferkdick.blogspot.fr/
ARTIST Bio forthcoming--There will be an expo by Nassim Al-Amin for the
event and on March 16-17--check out the Chez Grace Meetup space for info
on that. Will Jen and Lisa write new poems for this artist Nassim
Al-Amin?
Maybe!!! Probably!!! Come and find out. AT: chez
Grace, 46 rue des Abesses, 75018, 3rd floor, FB event announcement at: https://www.facebook.com/events/382664958508080/

18 March 19h Join International Writer's Conference Revisited: Edinburgh, 1962
editors Angela Bartie and Eleanor Bell in this commemorative event, as
they talk with the original Conference organisers - pioneering publisher
John Calder and seminal arts figure Jim Haynes - about their memories
of the ground-breaking 1962 International Writers' Conference. Traveling
from all corners of the globe, delegates included Norman Mailer, Henry
Miller, William Burroughs, Hugh MacDiarmid, Muriel Spark, Alexander
Trocchi, Lawrence Durrell, Stephen Spender, Erich Fried and Khushwant
Singh. Heady and confrontational, the “Roman amphitheatre” environment
of the city’s McEwan Hall saw fierce discussion of censorship, the
future of the novel, and more. Enthralling the 2000-strong daily
audience, and filling the front pages of Britain’s national newspapers
and beyond, the Conference made literary history. The Writers’ Conference Revisited: Edinburgh, 1962 presents a unique fusion of literary and historical materials to commemorate the cultural legacy of the Conference and all its
controversy. Experts Dr Angela Bartie and Dr Eleanor Bell introduce and
explore the Conference through a selection of fascinating sources.
Featuring never-before-published original transcripts, highlights from
the 1962 Conference programme, scrapbook-style press cuttings, and
writing from attendees William Burroughs and Edwin Morgan, the book also
brings us into the present. Comprising new interviews with John Calder
and Jim Haynes, and artist Sandy Moffat, reflections from figures
including Jenni Calder and Joan Lingard also enable 1962 to be vividly
experienced like never before. This landmark book also showcases
never-before-seen photographs, giving an exclusive visual glimpse into
the action, both on and off stage, of the definitive literary event of
the twentieth century. AT: Shakespeare & Co., 37rue de la Bûcherie, Paris 5ème. M° St Michel

18 March 20h onward: SpokenWord Paris: Open mic in English, open to all
languages. Running since 2006 it now gets 60 to 80 people coming every
week! Every Monday. Sign up/hang out in the bar
from 8pm, poetry underground from 9pm to midnight. Spoken word : 5 mins
(warning bell rung at 4.45: Ask not for whom the bell tolls, it tolls
for thee.) Songs : one song. We do 3 rounds between 9pm and midnight.
Stand up, Theatre, Cabaret, Dance and Magic all welcome. Chacun a son
mot à dire. Make the words come alive. AT: Chat Noir, 76 rue Jean-Pierre
Timbaud, 75011. Métro Parmentier/Couronnes.spokenwordparis.org

19 March 19h30 100% bilingual reading for IVY Writers Paris with visiting American poets Joshua Marie Wilkinson, Dot
Devota, Brandon Shimoda and Zachary Schomburg reading with translations into
French of their works by French authors and translators Virginie Poitrasson, Jacques Rebotier, Paul LaBorde and Martin
Richet (Richet tbConfirmed). BIOS:JOSHUA MARIE WILKINSON
is the author of five books, including Lug Your Careless Body out of
the Careful Dusk (University of Iowa Press 2006) and The Book
of Whispering in the Projection Booth (Tupelo Press 2009). His poems
have appeared in numerous reviews and anthologies including American
Letters & Commentary, Boston Review, Chicago
Sun-Times, Jubilat, New American Writing, Verse,
three Diagram anthologies (New
Michigan Press), Poets on Painters (Wichita State
2007), A Broken Thing: Poets on the Line (University
of Iowa Press 2011), and The Sonnets: Rewriting Shakespeare (Nightboat
Books 2012). New work will appear in the expanded Postmodern American
Poetry (W.W. Norton 2013), HERE*NOW (University of Alabama
Press 2013) and How Some Children Played at Slaughtering (Works
on Paper Press 2013). Since 2006, he has been at work on a five-book sequence
of poetry called the No Volta pentalogy, includingSelenography, with Polaroids by
Tim Rutili (Sidebrow Books 2010); Swamp Isthmus (Black Ocean 2013);
and The Courier's Archive & Hymnal (Sidebrow Books
2014). In 2007, he cofounded Letter Machine Editions,
also edits the poetry and poetics site The
Volta and is the editor of two anthologies published by
University of Iowa Press. ZACHARY SCHOMBURG lives in Portland, Oregon,
and is the author of The Man Suit (2007), Scary, No Scary (2009),
Fjords vol. 1 (2012), and a forthcoming book called The Book of
Joshua. He is currently translating a book of french poems by Jacques
Rebotier called Quelques Animaux de Transport et de Compagnie (Harpo
&, 2004). He also co-edits Octopus Books. He was born in 1977 and is still
not quite dead. From the Midwest, the
poet DOT DEVOTA was born into a
family of ranchers and rodeo stars. She is the author of And the Girls Worried Terribly (Noemi Press, 2013), The Eternal Wall (Cannibal Books, 2010),
and MW: A Midwest Field Guide
(Editions19\). Her poems and nonfiction most recently appear in Make Magazine, Volt, Denver Quarterly, Word
For/Word, and Tarpaulin Sky, with
translations into Arabic for the political daily As-Safir. Receiving an MFA from the University of Montana and a BA
in English and Sociology from the University of Arizona, she has taught at
multiple universities and colleges in the states. Currently she co-directs The
Kaohsiung Summer Institute for Writing and the Arts in Taiwan and travels full
time. BRANDON SHIMODA is the author of four
books of poetry—Portuguese (Octopus
Books & Tin House, 2013), O Bon (Litmus
Press, 2011), The Girl Without Arms (Black
Ocean, 2011), and The Alps (Flim
Forum Press, 2008) as well as numerous limited editions of collaborations,
drawings, writings, and songs. He has curated, edited, read, taught and/or
worked for the Aldrich Museum, CutBank,
Fence Magazine/Fence Books, Kaohsiung
American School, the Missoula Art Museum, the University of Montana Creative
Writing Program, Muthafucka, the New
Lakes Reading Series, Octopus Books & Octopus
Magazine, Slope, the University of
Arizona Poetry Center, and Wave Books. He has read publicly throughout the
United States, in Beirut and Damascus—where his poems were translated into
Arabic—and Tokyo. With poet-critic Thom Donovan, he is co-editing a
retrospective collection of writings by Paris-based poet-painter Etel Adnan. He
is currently working on a fifth book of poetry (titled, Evening Oracle); a multi-volume book of poems, prose, drawings and
a questionnaire (titled, A Giant Asleep
in Fortune’s Spindle); and a documentary/book on the life of his paternal
grandfather Midori Shimoda (titled, The
Grave on the Wall), which he hopes to finish by his 40th
birthday, on August 6, 2018. You can find Brandon at hiroshimalibrary.tumblr.com
and vispoetica.tumblr.com.
The reading will take place AT: DELAVILLE
cafe, 34 blvd Bonne Nouvelle, 75010 Paris, M° Bonne Nouvelle, for more see: http://ivywritersparis.blogspot.fr/2013/02/19-mar-2013-joshua-marie-wilkinson-dot.html or Join our FB group at: https://www.facebook.com/groups/101898279922603/?ref=ts&fref=ts

20 March 15h Children’s Hour – music, rhythm and stories for kids: Bring your
children (2-6 year-olds, siblings welcome too) to the library at
Shakespeare and Company for an hour of music, songs and stories in
English (for all nationalities, even those who don't speak English). Led
by the magic Kate Stables, mum and singer/songwriter from This is the
Kit, this lovely event is fast becoming an institution. There will be
instruments to play and a lot of noise to make! Four euros donation
appreciated AT: Shakespeare & Co., 37rue de la Bûcherie, Paris 5ème. M° St Michel

20 March— 20h Unstrung Letter Y
– Des yoyos aux yéyés: A Brief History Of Postwar French Popular Music
with Victor Based on a series of miniaturized history lessons held at the open
mic nights in Paris from December 2012 to March 2013, A Brief History Of Postwar
French Popular Music is a cultural studies lecture in verse. Framed as a
poem in tight alexandrines (in English), the lesson is punctuated with live
renditions of referenced songs (in French). Expect a subjective, somewhat
insolent and completely out-of-the-box analysis of the French musical
tradition, a sweeping portrait from the underground scene in the cellars of
Saint-Germain-des-Prés to the contemporary music industry. Unstrung
Letters is an informal lecture series. It’s critical (some one presents
an opinion, takes a stance); it’s casual (it’s in a dingy bar). It’s in Paris.
It’s in English. If you’re in Paris, come by. If you’re not, follow their
Facebook group for photos, summaries of the talks and silly
intellectual activity. AT: Chat Noir, 76 rue Jean-Pierre Timbaud, Paris. Free

21 March 19h30-00h00
Paris Lit Up Open Mic night in
Englishor other languages too – when in
Rome, speak French. Sign up is continuous all night, but first come first
served from 19h30. The fun starts at 20h. Rotating hosts Jason Mc Gimsey,
Kate Noakes, Emily Ruck-Keene. AT: the historic home of French Slam poetry, Culture Rapide, at 103 Rue Julien
Lacroix, 75020. For more or to see whether there are featured themes and
readers:http://parislitup.com/open-mic-poetry/

22 March 20h30 After a short winter break Poets-Live is back for
the Printemps des Poètes with a (Friday) evening of poetry and song,
featuring guest Kerry Featherstone from the UK and the two Paris based
poets, Pansy Maurer-Alvarez and Rufo Quintavalle. There will be a
book/CD table as well as a drinks table.BIOS: Kerry Featherstone
is a poet, songwriter and Lecturer in Creative Writing at Loughborough
University. His poems have been published in journals such as Cleaves,
The Journal and Tears in the Fence. Kerry has lived and worked in
France, and writes poetry and song-lyrics in French and English. Recent
poems based on his translation of a novel by Ingrid Thobois appeared in
the Parnassus edition of Modern Poetry in Translation. He is also
working on a novel set in the Vendée. The CD ‘Concealed Exit’ by his
band ‘The Orange’ is available on itunes and amazon. It features the
double-bass playing of Chris Poole, and guest musicians on strings and
flute. The Orange have played at a range of clubs, venues and festivals,
including supporting Richard Shindell on his last UK tour. Kerry will
be playing a solo set of songs from Concealed Exit plus some new ones.Pansy Maurer-Alvarez was born in Puerto Rico, grew up in Pennsylvania and has lived in
Europe since 1973. She did her literary studies at universities in the
US, Spain and later in Switzerland, where she worked for a time as a
teacher and translator. She began writing full time and publishing
widely after moving to Paris, over 20 years ago. Her poetry has appeared
in several anthologies and numerous magazines throughout Europe and the
States and some of her poems have been translated into French, German
and Spanish. She has read at venues in France, the UK and the US and has
lead workshops in the UK. Her collections are: Dolores: The Alpine
Years and When the Body Says It’s Leaving (both from Hanging Loose
Press, Brooklyn); Lovers Eternally Nearing, a fine press collaboration
with the Swiss artist Walter Ehrismann, with German translations by
Rudolf Bähler (Editions Thomas Howeg, Zurich) and Ant-Small and Amorous,
with French translations by Anne Talvaz (corrupt press, Paris).Rufo Quintavalle
was born in London in 1978, studied at Oxford and the University of
Iowa and now lives in Paris. He is the author of Make Nothing Happen
(Oystercatcher Press, 2009), Dog, cock, ape and viper (corrupt press,
2011) and Liquiddity (Oystercatcher Press, 2011). From 2009 until 2012
he was poetry editor for the award-winning webzine, Nthposition. His
work has been widely published in print and online journals around the
world and has been nominated for both the Michael Marks Award and the
Pushcart Prize. AT: le BAL, 6 Impasse de la Défense 75018 Métro: Place de Clichy

22 MARCH and 23 MARCH at 20h30 the
International Players are pleased to present a double bill: "MIXED
DOUBLES" and "DECKCHAIRS".This is a theatrical exploration of
relationships with all their complications and in almost every permutation. Acerbic,
witty and touching. Everyday, humdrum; revealing, concealing; beginnings and
endings. Weddings just celebrated, funerals anticipated, deceptions and
disappointments. Some of Britain's finest playwrights give us a laser glimpse
of the human condition à deux. These sketches reveal some of the many aspects
of relationships parental, marital and between friends. AT: MAISON DES
ASSOCIATIONS, 3 rue de la Republique 78100 St Germain en Laye, All tickets 10
euros, reservations: 06 37 46 05 25 and on line http://www.internationalplayers.co.uk/ip/tickets.php

25 March 19h We are delighted to welcome the brilliant The Bookshop Band to our bookshop in Paris! Formed
in late September 2010 by Poppy Pitt, Beth Porter and Ben Please, The
Bookshop Band write songs inspired by books, and play them in bookshops.Supported
by Vintage Books, the band went on a tour of independent bookshops
around the UK in 2012. Over this period they were featured on 6Music /
The Today Program / Front Row / BBC 1 News / The Guardian among others.
They have written songs based on many, many books, including Embassytown
by China Miéville, Pure by Andrew Miller, and The Hare
with the Amber Eyes by Edmund de Waal. We cannot wait to hear them play
their sweet literary music…! AT: Shakespeare & Co., 37rue de la Bûcherie, Paris 5ème. M° St Michel

25 March 20h onward: SpokenWord Paris: Open mic in English, open to all
languages. Running since 2006 it now gets 60 to 80 people coming every
week! Every Monday. Sign up/hang out in the bar
from 8pm, poetry underground from 9pm to midnight. Spoken word : 5 mins
(warning bell rung at 4.45: Ask not for whom the bell tolls, it tolls
for thee.) Songs : one song. We do 3 rounds between 9pm and midnight.
Stand up, Theatre, Cabaret, Dance and Magic all welcome. Chacun a son
mot à dire. Make the words come alive. AT: Chat Noir, 76 rue Jean-Pierre
Timbaud, 75011. Métro Parmentier/Couronnes.spokenwordparis.org

28 March 19h30-00h00
Paris Lit Up Open Mic night every Thursday (in
Englishor other languages too – when in
Rome, speak French) Sign up is continuous all night, but first come first
served from 19h30. The fun starts at 20h. Rotating hosts Jason Mc Gimsey,
Kate Noakes, Emily Ruck-Keene. AT: the historic home of French Slam poetry, Culture Rapide, at 103 Rue Julien
Lacroix, 75020. For more or to see whether there are featured themes and
readers:http://parislitup.com/open-mic-poetry/

SUNDAYS Paris
Lit Up Writing WorkshopA drop-in workshop led by Kate Noakes on the
first Sunday of every month at 12h30 – 14h30
in the Library at Shakespeare and Company. It is open to everyone, beginner to
prize winner, and is designed to get you writing prose and poetry. Kate
provides ideas and writing prompts on a theme each month. It is not a feedback
workshop. Kate has an MPhil in Creative Writing from the University of
Glamorgan, has published three books of poetry and has taught creative writing
for Oxford University. She is presently working on a novel. Further information
about her is on her blog. The workshop cost is a suggested donation
of 10 Euros. All
you need to do is bring is writing equipment and something to lean on. ATTENTION: Shakespeare and Co will be closed from the 16th-31st March

Mondays March 18, 25: April 8, 15, 22Paris Vignettes: How to Capture Revealing Moments, Encounters and Events: Mondays
This 5-week writing workshop allows participants to hone their writing
skills though the creation of vignettes: short scenes that focus on a
moment, a character, an encounter, an idea or a place. Our experiences
and encounters in Paris are too often interpreted or recorded in terms
of tourism and clichés. By understanding how to create vignettes,
writers are able to go beyond that by examining moments, encounters and
events that reveal far more about life, travel, place, strangers, our
relationships and ourselves. Though the emphasis of this workshop will
be on vignettes of up to 1500 words, participants will learn the
importance of scene work that will then enhance their writing of longer
works of fiction, non-fiction and memoir. The techniques of a successful
vignette are also extremely useful for those interested in writing
unique blogs. Participants will complete and then rewrite at least one
vignette per week. Instructor: Gary Lee Kraut is the editor of the
online travel and culture magazine France Revisited,
www.FranceRevisited.com. He is the author of five travel guides to
France and Paris as well as numerous articles, essays, short stories,
and op-ed pieces concerning travel, culture, cross-culture and
expatriate life. He has taught creative writing and travel writing and
has lectured extensively in the United States and France.For more
information or to register, click here.

5 OVER 4. New multimedia journal seeks cross-genre work made by jazzy,
creative people who embrace the unknown. Poetry videos, multi-media
sculpture, hand-stitched book art, JPEGs collaged with audio, sound
poems via video chat, interactive projects. Live and online events.
Website: 5over4.blogspot.com, E-mail Monique Avakian: monava9@gmail.com.Jen Dick's new collection Circuits is now on sale from Corrupt Press! About Circuits:
In Circuits, Jennifer K. Dick engagingly writes—as in thinking
around—how the idea of neural biology, brain research, technological
advancement, and literature impact on the epistemological us of us. Is
this our world, or our re-created world we are looking into while it is
starring back at us head on? This is mutual
co-creation—relation—reflection, where the author restlessly lands one
precise word at a time only to move off quickly like a neural
firing—which jolts, as poetry does best, the reader’s wires into new
thinking! To have this book included in one’s library is a
“no-brainer”—so to speak. Joe Ross Memory as the revel of physical bonds. Memory as a space broken into
by time. Memory as the morning dew of places. Memory as the electrical
map of traces. In Jennifer K. Dick’s Circuits, memory inks the pathways
of reading into—as in rereading ourselves, as in remembering our bodies,
as in rewriting the earthbound motherboard. A procedural tour de
force—both an inhabitation and absorption of neurologist George
Johnson’s seminal In the Palaces of Memory—Dick’s Circuits seeks the
physical pulse that links information to duration. Turkish spices,
clatter of China, there’s a story to be told about the mapping of the
brain, meaning Lynch, Cooper, Johnson, meaning love, Paris, Northampton,
meaning enzymes in mutiny, chemicals with Kinase C. Language comes to
rescue the mouth from obscurity: “A particle and its physics explains
why candles were the roads and parks emptied, blurring up the
slick-with-guilt.” Turns out nothing is obscure and everything’s
connected; theory is alive in the substance of the wiring, and Jennifer
K. Dick is writing the code. Matthew Cooperman. Order your copy here.Or pick one up at Shakespeare and Co

- CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS TO SPOKENWORD'S MAGAZINE - DEADLINE 7TH MARCH:
We’re looking for submissions of poetry and prose for The Baﬆille – the
Lit Magazine of SpokenWord Paris. We’d especially like to document what
goes on at the event and publish people who come to it. Deadline: March
7th 2013. Submission Guidelines: The Baﬆille is an upﬆart literary
magazine created from the anglo writing scene in Paris. It is a platform
for poetry, satire, ﬂash ﬁction, novel excerpts and short ﬆories. Our
editorial ﬆaﬀ is eclectic, to say the leaﬆ, so our taﬆes run wide and
deep. For your beﬆ chance at being pulled from the pile and printed on
our pages, send us a single .doc (not .docx) or .rtf document and choose
examples of your work that are sharp, tight, as ﬆrong as whisky, darkly
visionary, cauﬆically witty, perhaps even tormented to the point of
being tormenting. Contributions from writers who have actively
participated at SpokenWord Paris events will be favoured although we
welcome submissions from far and wide. Submit up to three unpublished
poems up to 40 lines each. Flash ﬁction, short ﬆories, novel excerpts,
and serialized ﬆories up to 3,000 words. Please include a 50 word bio
with all submissions. Send all submissions in a SINGLE .DOC or .RTF
document to themag.paris AT gmail DOT com Please – not .docx!!
Simultaneous submissions ﬁne, but we don’t publish ﬆuﬀ that has already
been published so tell us a.s.a.p. if your work is accepted elsewhere.“4X4″ Chapbook Award: The
4X4 Chapbook Award will go to four writers whose work exemplifies and
challenges the delocalizing and temporary poetics of Furniture Press
Books. On each solstice and equinox in 2014 (March 20, June 21,
September 23 and December 21), we will release one chapbook by each of
the four winners. Each chapbook will be evaluated and chosen by one
writer from the Furniture Press Books catalogue. The first contest,
"1X4," will be open from March 1 to April 30, 2013 and will be judged by
j/j hastain, author of "myrrh to re all myth"
2X4, the second, will be open from May 1 to June 30, 2013, 3X4, the
third, will be open from September 1 to October 31, 2013. 4X4, the last,
will be open from November 1 to December 31, 2013. The fee for the
prize is $10. Winners will receive ten copies of their chapbook, and
each participant will receive a copy of the chapbook. Winners of the
prize must wait one year before submitting another manuscript.
Manuscripts can be mailed to 4×4poetryaward@gmail.com
with the following subject line: Name / Manuscript Title / Prize Number
(ex. 1X4, 2014), or mailed to the following address, with a check made
out to Furniture Press Books: Furniture Press Books, 2026 Druid Park
Drive, Baltimore, MD 21211. http://furniturepressbooks.com/furniture-press-poetry-prize/

NOW OUT--Jacinta Nandi's new
book is out with a launch event in
BERLIN in March! Keep an eye out! /www.jacinta-nandi.de

SUBMIT NONFICTION: FOR A SPECIAL “The Human Face of Sustainability” issue, Creative
Nonfiction and ASU’s Global Institute of Sustainability are looking for
nonfiction that illuminates environmental, economic, ethical and/or
social challenges related to the state of the planet and our future.
Deadline May 31; $10,000 for best essay. Guidelines at www.creativenonfiction.org/submit.

For COMICS FANS and POETS!!! MINOR ARCANA PRESS is currently welcoming submissions of poems
related to superheroes and superhero mythology for a new anthology
titled Drawn to Marvel. Deadline for submissions: May 15. The anthology
is edited by Bryan D. Dietrich and Marta Ferguson. Please send poems
with the subject Super Poems to kryptonnights@yahoo.com.

NOW OUT--Tales of a Severed Head,new translation of
Moroccan poet Rachida Madani by Paris-based poet Marilyn Hacker: This
volume brings Moroccan poet Rachida Madani's remarkable poems to
English-language readers for the first time. In Tales of a Severed Head,
Madani addresses present-day issues surrounding the role of women in
society—issues not unlike those explored a thousand years ago in the enduring
collection of Arab tales known as The Thousand and One Nights. In
the ancient tales, the insanely distrustful King Shehriyar vows to marry a new
wife each night and have her beheaded the next morning, thus
eliminating the risk of being cuckolded. Through the courage and wit of
young Scheherazade, who volunteers to be the king's bride and then invents the
legendary tales that go on for a thousand and one nights, Shehriyar is
healed of his obsession and the kingdom's virgins are saved. Like her
brave-hearted predecessor, Madani's modern-day Scheherazade is fighting for her
own life as well as the lives of her fellow sufferers. But in today's world,
the threat comes as much from poverty, official corruption, the abuse of human
rights, and the lingering effects of colonialism as from the power wielded by
individual men. Madani weaves a tale of contemporary resistance, and once again
language provides a potent weapon. BIOS: Rachida Madani, a native of
Morocco, has published several volumes of poetry in French, a language she
taught for thirty years. A lifelong political militant, she expresses her
resistance "not by shouting slogans and waving banners. I fight with my
words." She lives in Tangiers. Marilyn Hacker is a poet,
translator, and critic, author of over 13 books. For her work she has received
a National Book Award, a PEN Award for Poetry in Translation, and a
PEN/Voelcker Award for Poetry, among other prizes. She lives in Paris. To order a copy: http://yalepress.yale.edu/book.asp?isbn=9780300176285

FICTION and PROSE WANTED: ARROYO LITERARY Review is an award-winning national magazine with a West
Coast orientation. We are seeking fiction, flash fiction, poetry,
essays, and translation for our sixth issue. Open reading period
December 1–May 31. No e-mail submissions. Please see our website for
submission guidelines: www.arroyoliteraryreview.com.

THE MARIE ALEXANDER SERIES is seeking submissions for an anthology of
flash sequences. Send up to 10 pages (double-spaced, 12 pt. type,
1-inch margins) of prose sequences, each segment of which contains fewer
than 500 words. Send PDF files, with cover letter, to Wesley Fairman (anthology@mariealexanderseries.com),
with “anthology submission” in the subject line. Previously published
material OK. Put name and e-mail on all documents. We will accept
submissions January 1–June 1. For further information: www.mariealexanderseries.com.What did I write? A hybrid book perhaps--So SUBMIT it now to ROSE METAL PRESS, an independent publisher of hybrid genres, seeks
full-length hybrid and cross-genre manuscripts for publication in 2015.
Please upload your manuscript of 40 pages or more via Submittable
between April 1 and May 1 with a $15 reading fee. For more details,
visit www.rosemetalpress.com.

NEW LESBIAN ANTHOLOGY seeks short fiction and memoir emphasizing how
we live our lives, create community, choose friends & lovers. Are we
butch, femme, neither? Also: resolving differences, confronting the
world, losing a friend, a job, a lover. Seeking writing by lesbians of
all backgrounds. For guidelines or to send material e-mail: lesboanthology@gmail.com.

SOLICITING SUBMISSIONS for a summer of 2013 print anthology around
the films of Quentin Tarantino. We're looking for poetic responses to
his work. We'll lean towards egocentric voices with a colorful range of
references. We welcome contributions from writers outside the United
States. Details can be found at www.destructivepraise.org.

SUBMIT TRANSLATIONS of POETRY or FLASH FICTION for RHINO. Eclectic annual journal of more than 37 years, seeks poetry,
flash fiction (800 words max.), and poetry-in-translation that
experiments, provokes and compels! April 1–October 1 call for
submissions. More than 100 poets showcased. Electronic and snail-mail
submissions accepted. For information, including our Founders’ Prize
contest and Big Horn Blog, visit www.rhinopoetry.org.

SPORTS FICTION & ESSAY Contest. Second year. Prize for best short
story on a sports-related theme: $1,000. Prize for best essay: $1,000.
Total prizes: $3,000. Entries should be unpublished. Length limit: 6,000
words. Winning entries published online. Fee is $15 per entry. Submit
online by May 31. Sponsored by Winning Writers, one of the “101 Best
Writing Websites” (Writer’s Digest, 2005–2012). Final judge: Jendi
Reiter. More information: www.winningwriters.com/sports.

SUBMIT A POETRY BOOK for THE 17TH ANNUAL Blue Lynx Prize is awarded for an unpublished,
full-length volume of poems by a U.S. resident or citizen. The prize
carries a $2,000 award and publication. Postmark deadline: May 15. Poems
included may not have appeared in full-length, single-author
collections. The 2012 winner was Roy Bentley for his collection,
Starlight Taxi. Final judges have included Yusef Komunyakaa, Beckian
Fritz Goldberg, Robert Wrigley, Dara Wier, Dorianne Laux, and David
Wojahn. Make checks payable to Lynx House Press. Send manuscript of at
least 48 pages, a $25 reading fee plus SASE (for notification) to: Lynx
House Press, P.O. Box 940, Spokane, WA 99210.

PLAYS SOUGHT—for public play
reading and post reading reactions by MOVING PARTS in Paris—plays can be in
English or French. Contact Stephanie to book a reading of YOUR play, Stephanie
Campion on : 06 14 67 18 58 or send an e-mail to the movingpartsparis address
at gmail.com Bookings now being
taken for Autumn 2013. To go to Moving Parts events this spring and summer in
Paris or to see what they are up to-- Check the website for the latest version
of their programme at: www.movingparts.org.uk

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Vermont Exit Ramps II from Sundog Poetry Center, Oct 2015. Neil resided in Paris while on sebbatical a few years ago.

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Paris-based author, Lily Robert Foley, launched her first book "M" June 25th in Paris

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